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VZW Roaming agreement already expired?

Anyone know if the Verizon roaming agreement has expired? Was in AT&T/Verizon/Appalachian Wireless territory today with no native Sprint coverage and normally get extended network with LTE but now all I got was Roaming, no 3G or LTE signal. I know that Appalachian Wireless let Verizon build out the LTE network in that area but not sure why I wasn't getting any LTE signal anymore. I updated my profile before leaving Sprint territory just to make sure everything was up to date.

Anyone know if the Verizon roaming agreement has expired? Was in AT&T/Verizon/Appalachian Wireless territory today with no native Sprint coverage and normally get extended network with LTE but now all I got was Roaming, no 3G or LTE signal. I know that Appalachian Wireless let Verizon build out the LTE network in that area but not sure why I wasn't getting any LTE signal anymore. I updated my profile before leaving Sprint territory just to make sure everything was up to date.

I wouldn't be surprised; I haven't been able to data roam on Verizon in months, just voice and text. I'd be happy to see an AT&T agreement launch in my area, or even just have the PRL default to US Cellular.

Here in the Eugene, OR area (and areas coastal), Sprint continues to roam on Verizon. Data roaming has become in-op. Voice and text work fine. If you really, really, really, try you might be able to squeeze a few bytes of roaming data in my market-- even in places where Sprint has no native service (Verizon only). It's a sad state of affairs, but at least folks get voice and text.

Perhaps ironically, one is more likely to see Verizon 3G roaming here than before (i.e. 3G roam or whatever), not that one can get any data to work -- and if you do, you'll see a hard cap of .15Mbps (150Kbps). I can't run mapping software or stream music -- even though the 150Kbs would be fast enough to do so if it consistently worked.

Well yeah but something to make it official not just rumors and speculation

They'll never make it official because roaming deals change too often, even month-to-month. Officially Sprint doesn't roam on Verizon or U.S Cellular either. You won't find a single mention of them in the terms.

I can't see how Sprint can continue down this path. And with all the merger talk, maybe that's their plan. Still, it's terrible for their customers. Where I live, they have these tiny islands of coverage and miles and miles of "Extended 3G" which, as previously mentioned, is utterly useless for data.

It's interesting to me having been on Sprint for more than 10 years that folks don't know Sprint was one of the first to have generous nationwide roaming. And I mean Sprint roamed on Everyone. In many places they'd roam (analog) on both ATT and Verizon (or Airtouch in my market). They called it Free and Clear America and it was a $5/mo option on some plans. It was totally awesome.

Also back in those days, Sprint phones would manually let you select roaming. Yep you could go in the menus and simply force roaming if Sprint signal didn't suit you. And yes, this included in-market roaming. Where I live, it meant I could force Verizon roaming any time I wanted.

I realize now-a-days that sounds bizarre with all the cost cutting measures RE roaming, but there was a time when Sprint was the place to be if you wanted the best coverage period.